Pharmaceutical solution formulations containing 17-AAG
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- KOSAN BIOSCI
- Publication Date
- 2005-11-17
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit under 35 U.S.C. §119(e) of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 570,215, filed May 11, 2004, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] This invention relates to pharmaceutical solution formulations containing 17-allylamino-17-demethoxygeldanamycin (“17-AAG”) and methods for their preparation and use.
[0004] 2. Description of Related Art
[0005] Geldanamycin belongs to the ansamycin family of natural products, whose members are characterized by a benzenoid nucleus (typically a benzoquinone or hydroquinone nucleus) connected at two meta positions to form a macrolactam. Besides geldanamycin, the ansamycins include the macbecins, the herbimycins, the TAN-420s, and reblastatin.
[0006] Geldanamycin and its derivatives are the most extensively studied of the ansamycins. Although geldanamycin was originally was identified as a...